After crossing the outer city of Salyushi, and hurrying all the way, Lan and Alvin finally arrived at this "Old River" restaurant.

The store is also a few years old, of course, the façade of this store is not as good as the "Lu Zheng", it has not been renovated for many years, and the brown paint surface has been tossed by the sun and rain for a long time. However, the name is "Old River", so it is naturally appropriate for the occasion.

Lan Yu didn't see the doubt and disgust in Erwin's eyes, and directly pushed the door in. Alvin had no choice but to follow.

As soon as Fang entered the store, Alvin felt something else. I didn't expect business in this restaurant to be very good, and it was almost crowded and there were no seats.

The moment the two pushed the door in, they attracted a lot of strange eyes.

"It looks like two young aristocrats have a private meeting. Everyone wondered, "Why else would you come here to eat?"

The main reason is that Lan Marriage is too eye-catching, and the diners still look up at her from time to time.

Lan Ma didn't care about everyone's eyes, took Alwin's sleeve and walked inside, found a window seat that had just been vacated and immediately occupied it.

"What are you two eating?" the young waitress greeted her with a smile, a little burly, with high cheekbones, and the freckles on her cheeks covered by the plateau flush. Alvin thought to himself that this must be a girl from the plateau of Zam.

"Two bowls of signature Old River noodles, a plate of Zamu beef with Halledi sauce, a basket of carved oil pastry, and a basket of maple melt soup dumplings. Lan Ma didn't even look at the menu on the table and ordered breakfast.

Alvin was full of curiosity about the store, and looked carefully at the unrefined decoration of the store, and some of the oil stains on the table had seeped into the wood grain board, and turned black. He watched as the guests at the table ate to their heart's content, and the drawers of steamers on the table were steaming up to the ceiling.

There are still some good diners who are still looking at Alwin's table, after all, few nobles will come to this restaurant.

"Wow, what kind of shop is this?" Alvin sighed with a frown.

Lan Yu looked at him funny, "You must know that you don't have to eat expensive, you can eat well." ”

Alvin nodded in agreement.

But when he actually eats it, Alvin can understand why Lan Marriage would go to such great lengths to eat here. Rao is a person with a picky tongue like him, and he can't help but taste it.

"The noodle soup should have been filled with pork fat, otherwise why is it so fragrant?" Alvin sniffed carefully.

"Well, hurry up and mix the noodles. Lan Ma didn't look up at him, and picked up the thin silk noodles with chopsticks and stirred them repeatedly until each noodle was completely stained with the sauce at the bottom of the bowl.

Alvin didn't rush to mix the noodles, snapped his fingers to summon Fang Cai's "Plateau Red", and asked her for a plate of sugar. The hostess glanced at Alvin with wide eyes, reconfirmed, and went to the back kitchen.

"Did you eat so sweet?" Lan Yu was a little curious.

Alvin smiled, poured a small plate of sugar from the waitress into the noodles, and stirred it repeatedly.

"Of course you need to add some sugar to the noodles," Alvin smiled and took a big bite with his chopsticks, "Well, this noodle is very fragrant, and the soup is good." ”

"Do you really want to add sugar?" Lan Yu looked at Alvin suspiciously, and grabbed a chopstick from his bowl without hesitation. Alwyn was amazed and looked pained.

In the eyes of outsiders, this pair of young people should have a particularly good relationship.

Lan Ma tasted it and said with a smile, "It seems to be good, I didn't expect you to be quite good at eating, why haven't I heard of adding sugar?"

"Because I've got a bad tongue. Alvin said with a smile, picking up a slice of beef and dipping it in the sauce.

"Zam's beef tastes like this, it's not special, what is this Halledi sauce? It doesn't seem to be the same as a regular beef dip. Alvin tasted it carefully, and he sniffed it again, "Is there any special spice in this sauce?"

"You tasted it? You can use your tongue. Lan Yu was surprised.

"It doesn't smell the same. Alvin picked up another slice of beef and dipped it in the sauce.

"This is Ganrugen, and Halladi is rich in Ganru, you know?" Lan Marriage explained to him.

"Oh, Ganru, isn't that for magic potions, and can its roots be used for spices?" said Elvenci.

Alvin remembered that Hallady was a city near the sea in southern Maine, so it was no wonder that Lan Yu knew Ganru very well about this material.

"I feel that in addition to your lack of knowledge of magic, your knowledge of magical materials is also very shallow. Lan Ma sighed, and nodded as if she agreed with herself.

Alvin knotted.

"But it's so strange, I have seen someone selling Ganru, is it sold in the spice city like Ganrugen? I don't think I've seen it. Alwyn frowned in thought.

"If there are no ones in the city that sell them, then the owner of this shop is quite interesting. Alvin thought to himself, "I'd rather spend money on spices from Maine than decorate the store." ”

"There's a fight outside. At this moment, there was a commotion in the store, some diners had already run outside the store to see the excitement, and some accounts had not yet been settled, and the anxious shopkeeper also chased out.

Alvin wiped the moisture from the window pane with his palm so he could see what was going on in the street outside.

The outer city of Salyushi, the security can not be compared with the inner city, and there are still city defense guards patrolling several blocks around Phoenix Street in the outer city, but even if someone is killed in this remote block, no one will necessarily take care of it, and the city defense department basically turns a blind eye to this kind of thing.

I saw a strong man with a half-bare shoulder and a young man facing each other in the street, and behind the young man was hiding a little girl, whose neck, wrists, and ankles were glowing with black light.

The huge arm that the strong man was half-exposed, and the exaggerated muscle shape indicated that this was no longer an ordinary arm, it was simply a chicken leg. The dense black runes on the "chicken legs" flashed with fine light, and it was obvious that this arm had been completely transformed by magic. Otherwise, on such a cold day, it would be strange that the arms were exposed and not frozen to death.

The young man kicked to the top of the strong man's head with an arrow, only to see that his fists were shining with golden light, and he punched the strong man's "chicken legs" wildly, scolding and scolding, and his face was very hideous.

The strong man didn't care at all, he simply raised his arm to defend and didn't retreat.

The young man obviously didn't expect the other party's arm to be so powerful, and glanced at it hesitantly, at this moment, the strong man exerted his strength with his feet, raised his huge arm and slapped it with his backhand, and the people present couldn't imagine that such a strong and burly person could be so fast, obviously the young man didn't expect it.

When he saw that the rough palm was about to slap himself, the young man crossed his arms to resist with the memory of the long battle, but the difference in strength was too great, and the young man flew out when he received this palm.

With a "bang", the young man had already leaped over a street in the next moment, his limbs facing forward, and his whole body was directly embedded in the wooden fence under the glass window of the "Old River". Impartially, it's exactly Elwin's table.

Fortunately, Alvin and Lan Ma also reacted amazingly quickly, and at the moment when people flew over, Alvin picked up his bowl of noodles and a plate of beef, and Lan Yu quickly launched a levitation technique on the remaining food on the table. Only the poor table was abruptly knocked out by the young man, and then it touched the sturdier counter, and fell apart in the aisle.

Alwin held the noodles in one hand and the beef in the other, and looked down at the extra hole in the wooden wall, and the young man was embedded in the hole, "Wow, this is too exciting, won't you die?"

Alwyn looked up and glanced inquiringly.

"Well, it seems that this meal will not be eaten. Lan Ma sighed secretly, stopped the spell in her hand, and a few plates of food were ruthlessly thrown to the ground, she squatted down and tilted her head to take a closer look at the young man, and found that the other party still had a snort.

"I shouldn't be able to die, but I broke a few ribs, did I suffer some internal injuries, and my face was swollen. Lan Yu glanced lightly at the man who fainted with his head hanging down.

Alvin looked at the young man's face, it was really swollen, his cheeks were obviously bruised, and his cheekbones and forehead were swollen. The lips should be turned up, and the lips should be turned down, but the arc is a little bigger. The whole face is already swollen and a little happy.

Didn't he just block it with his arm, why was his face beaten like this?Alwin couldn't help but be frightened by the strong man's magically strengthened arm.

"Brother Xia Ye, Brother Xia Ye... The little girl who was standing behind the young man was at first stunned by the slap, and then she reacted, spread her legs and ran to the young man, fell to her knees, and cried out loudly.

Erwin saw through the glass that the little girl's neck was a rough copper collar, and black runes glistened on it. The hands and ankles are also copper bracelets and anklets, which are naturally engraved with black runes.

It turns out that this girl has been put under a slave contract, and is a slave girl, Alvin thought as he looked at the brass rings. Once the slave contract is signed, this girl is considered the private property of the owner, and no one can do anything unless they voluntarily terminate it.

"Brother Xia Ye... Brother Xia Ye, I said it all, you don't have to worry about me. The little girl looked at the seriously wounded young man, and did not dare to move him, so she choked and sobbed intermittently.

The strong man didn't expect that he would fan the other party like this with one palm, and hesitated for a moment before walking towards the little girl.

The young man did not know whether he had heard the footsteps of a strong man or the call of a little girl, and woke up faintly.

"I'm not going to let you take her... Don't even think about it. The man named Xia Ye spoke with difficulty, and his two hands struggled to prop up his upper body, moving out little by little.

"Don't fight him anymore, don't fight anymore, Brother Xia Ye, you've done enough for me... The little girl cried and begged.

Xia Ye glanced at the little girl gently, patted her hands, signaled that the other party did not have to worry, and then leaned his back against the glass window, straightened up a little bit, and glared fiercely at the strong man who walked in front of him.

"No... The little girl screamed, stretched out her arms in front of Xia Ye, and shouted at the strong man with a crying voice, "I'll go with you... I'll go with you, don't fight again, he'll die if you hit him again... ”

Xia Ye's face was pale, of course, he couldn't have other colors, and he wanted to use his hand to push away the little girl who was blocking him, but he just raised his hand and caused him to gasp.

The little girl turned around, took the man's outstretched hand, and looked at him with teary eyes, "Don't fight anymore. . . No.. Brother Xia Ye, don't care about me anymore... You've done enough. ”

"I promised ... Be sure to protect you... Xia Ye gasped and said, pulling up the corner of the only movable side of his mouth, smiling at the little girl comfortingly, and then pushed the little girl away, raised his eyes and looked at the strong man coldly, looking like he was going to fight desperately with the other party.

There were a few people on the street watching, and many people in the store gathered around Alwin's table, and when they heard the young man say this, and looked at the little girl's crying face, they couldn't help but be moved.

"Look at him like this, should I give him chopsticks and beef. Alvin leaned into Lan Niang's ear and whispered.

Lan Yu, who had a faint expression, almost laughed out loud when she heard this, but fortunately she covered her mouth quickly, and finally glanced at Alvin angrily.

After the strong man came over, he was not in a hurry to attack, his face was calm, he looked at the little girl beside him, and then at the young man leaning against the window pane.

"She's already my slave. The strong man looked at Xia Ye expressionlessly, as if he didn't understand his unreasonable entanglement.

This is why everyone stood by and watched, after all, this little girl was already the private property of others in terms of law, and besides, this strong man did not do anything excessive.

"I don't care so much ... I'm not going to watch you take her away anyway. After saying that, the man named Xia Ye put on a posture, ready to fight again at any time.

This seemed a bit vexatious, and many of the people present shook their heads.

The strong man didn't pay attention to him, walked straight to the little girl, stretched out his huge arm to stop his waist, grabbed her and threw her directly on his shoulder, the little girl screamed "ah", obviously not reacting.

"You... For a while, snot and tears poured down, and she was speechless with anger, so the little girl had to bend her waist and lie on her stomach, standing upside down, patting the strong man's strong back with both hands, desperately trying to stand up. The strong man was afraid that she would toss and fall, and fortunately his other hand grabbed her thigh.

Tsk, what a soft waist, Alvin thought to himself.

"Brute, put her down. Where was the young man willing to see the little girl being bullied, and he screamed violently and squeezed out the last of his physical strength and attacked the strong man.

The strong man was obviously bored, his backhand was a punch, he naturally knew that if he went down with all his strength, the other party might be killed on the spot, of course he would have reined in his strength.

Even so, the young man didn't eat the punch, he was knocked away again, and was directly stuffed into Fang Cai's hole before he stopped the momentum, knocking over a few onlookers in the store before he stopped in all directions. This time, the window pane was also shattered in large pieces.

The strong man didn't even look at it, then turned around and walked out of the crowd with the little girl in his arms. The little girl was lying on her stomach and desperately raised her head to look in the direction where the young man had fainted, and called out anxiously, "Brother Xia Ye... Xia", before he finished shouting twice, he saw two hands tightly gripping the collar, as if he couldn't breathe.

Alwyn knew that it was the strong man who had tightened her collar with a slave contract, and he had been in various mansions for so long, and of course he knew some side tricks.

The shopkeeper of the "Old River" glanced at the back of the strong man leaving, and then looked at the strange giant arm, shivered, and dispelled the idea of asking the other party for the compensation for smashing the storefront.

Lan Yu glanced at the young man who had passed out, and cast a high-level healing technique with his hand. Although the external injuries to the face and ribs cannot be healed, the damage to the internal organs should be controlled.

After a while, Xia Ye slowly woke up again.

Alwyn's face was shocked, and he secretly exclaimed, "This person's body is okay, can he wake up again?"

"You... You don't want to see him get knocked away again, do you?" Elwin said as he elbowed Lan and covered his mouth to quip softly.

Lan Yu thought about it, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The crowd that had come to see the excitement dispersed now, because they saw Xia Ye getting up again. Everyone doesn't have so much emotion to waste, so why do they have to go.

It can be seen that Xia Ye's eyes are full of anger and unwillingness, and he still wants to get up again, but he really can't stand up, so he has to slap the floor a few times to vent his anger.

Alvin looked at him like this, sighed, walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder, "You... Have you had breakfast? If you haven't eaten, do you want to eat a little together? If you want to die, you don't have to rush this time... ”

After hearing this, Xia Ye looked at Alvin with a strange expression, looking at the young nobleman in front of him like a madman.

Lan Yu felt that Alvin's words sounded funny, but it was like a needle, piercing Xia Ye and leaking air.

As Lan Yu said, after a while, Xia Ye still lowered his head and didn't say a word.

Alvin waved to the waitress from earlier, ordered a few more meals, and then picked another seat for Lan to sit down on. After such a fuss, there were many empty seats in the store.

"Can you still get up?" Alvin looked at Xia Ye, who was sitting on the ground dejectedly, and didn't intend to help him.

"Who are you... Why are you bothering about my business?" Xia Ye raised his head to look at Alvin and asked in an unkind tone.

"Oh, it looks like you're not hungry, so forget it... Alwyn ignored him and walked straight to the opposite side of Lan and sat down.

Xia Ye was originally sitting there lamenting the despair of life, but after looking at Erwin and Lan Marriage who were sitting not far away, they were talking and laughing, barely supported their bodies, and walked to Erwin's side with the dining table all the way.

Lan Yu glanced at Xia Ye, but Alvin didn't look at him, and sat inside, leaving a seat for him. Xia Ye also unceremoniously sat down beside Erwin, but he couldn't stand still.

At this time, the hostess brought the new breakfast. These cages of snacks were still steaming hot, Xia Ye let the heat smoke on his puffy face, and his heart was mixed, and he was stopped by Alvin again when he wanted to move his chopsticks.

"Hey, it's not for you to eat for free, tell us the story of you and the girl just now. Alvin tilted his cheeks and glanced at Xia Ye, "Eat only when you talk about it." ”

"You aristocrats are really interesting, don't you hear the tragic stories of poor families?" Xia Ye smiled bitterly and looked at Alvin with a sarcastic expression.

Alwin pursed his lips and said indifferently, "Tell me about it." ”

Xia Ye put down his chopsticks, and his face sank.

"That girl is called Tini and lives next door to my house, and she grew up with me. Xia Ye sighed, "A while ago, her father was arrested by the Guangzheng Sect, and I heard that the crime was blasphemy, and I can't figure out what blasphemy is. Later, in order to raise money to redeem her father, she sold the property, but the money was still not enough, just... I sold it myself.。。。 ”

"As a result, within a few days of the redemption, it was gone... Xia Ye couldn't help but smile bitterly when he said this, his eyes were empty and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Erwin and Lan Marriage couldn't help but be silent when they heard Xia Ye say.

Alwin sneered, he thought to himself, there are not many low-ranking nobles or ordinary people in this city who have been arrested by the Guangzheng Sect for this crime, and those who can afford it in their families should spend money to ransom people out as soon as possible. If you are locked up in the prison of the Light Orthodox Church for a period of time, it is probably useless.

Xia Ye's eyes were a little red, "It's also my fault, I lived in the school to prepare for the competition of the Pillow Sword Club, and I didn't know these things, I went home to pack my things these days, and I heard that something happened to her family." ”

"However, she never told her father that she... Xia Ye felt that the word selling herself was a little difficult to say, especially when it was used for a girl like Cheni, "A few days ago, her father felt that his body was not working, and said that he had entrusted Jini to me, but, but... ”

Speaking of this, Xia Ye closed his eyes and couldn't continue.

"That... Have you asked the strong man if he would give up the slave contract?" Alwyn asked.

"I'm sure I asked. Although my family is not a nobleman, I still have some family background. Their contract came into effect today, and I stopped him alive and asked him if he could renounce the slave contract. But no matter how much I made the offer, the man just didn't agree, so the fight started. Xia Ye said indignantly.

"How much do you disagree?" said Alvenci.

"He didn't seem interested in money at all. Xia Ye was also quite annoyed.

"Alas, then there is no way" Alvin sighed and patted Xia Ye on the shoulder, "Life is just missing and making do, don't take it too seriously." Looking at the glamorous, it is someone else's life. ”

Lan Ma couldn't help but laugh out loud when she heard this, "You don't talk about it here, how old are you to give people life mottos?"

Alvin was a little embarrassed, and at this time he felt the urge to strangle Lan Marriage.

Xia Ye couldn't help but laugh at the corners of his mouth when he heard Lan Yu say this. He was originally angry in his chest, but for some reason after talking to these two young people, he relieved a lot of depression. Thinking that he was indeed hungry, he started to use his chopsticks.

"You just said you're going to join the Pillow Sword Club, which house are you from?" Alvin asked.

"Shefford. Xia Ye took two bites and said.

Shefwyd is one of the few institutions of higher learning that does not require a place of origin, and this institution does not look at background, but only qualifications. Most of these young people who live in the outer city, with strength and no background, are from this college.

"You were beaten like this, can you still participate? You can't pass the physical examination, right?" Alvin couldn't help but glance at Xia Ye, looking at his appearance, it was estimated that a few sternum ribs were broken.

"We just stopped his internal injuries, and it's up to him how quickly he recovers. Lan said and glanced at Alwin.

Alvin nodded.

"It's okay, it's not the first time I've been injured. We practice very hard in our hospital, and I am often injured, don't worry, my body is recovering quickly. Xia Ye was very optimistic.

"Okay, then you eat slowly, let's go first, and we'll see you at the pillow sword when the time comes." Alvin smiled and got up, ready to go to the front desk to check out.

"Wait... I... I don't know your names yet?" Xia Ye got up and asked, he still had a good impression of these two "good people", and listening to Alvin's meaning, they also wanted to participate in the Pillow Sword Meeting.

"This girl is the daughter of Prince Ressa. Alvin smiled and introduced, "As for me, I'm a close guard who accompanies her for breakfast." ”

Lan Yu thought it was amusement to hear it, glared at Alvin and walked away.

Xia Ye was secretly shocked, this outstanding-looking girl really had a prominent family. However, he thought in his heart that this young nobleman who loved to joke was very interesting, and he didn't ask if he could see him again at the Pillow Sword Meeting anyway.

Erwin overpaid when he checked out, so it was regarded as compensation for Xia Ye's "smashing" of the store, and it would save people from making trouble for him at that time. But I'm quite shy in my pocket, and it's still a little painful.

The two of them went out of the "old river", and the sky was very good, as if all the gloom could be dispelled by the dazzling sunlight.

"Why do you have to listen to his story?" Lan said, glancing at Alwyn curiously.

"Curiosity, or else?" said Alwyn with a smile.

Lan Yu shook her head with a smile, bent her eyes at Alwin, and thought, "This person is really interesting." ”

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Archbishop Herod of the Orthodox Church changed his previous outfit in a white burqa, wearing a low-key gray cotton robe, wearing a pair of thick wooden disc glasses, and holding a few poetry books in his hand, like a pedant. He made a few turns in the inner city's Lille Lane, made sure no one was following him, and then slipped into a nondescript magical materials shop.

The shopkeeper raised his eyes and glanced at it, immediately put down what he was doing, called the little one to look at the store, and personally led the archbishop inside. Looking at the inside is an old display cabinet on three sides, in fact, there is a lot of hidden things, the shopkeeper twisted a rod and a scepter across the scepter, and one side of the cabinet rotated, revealing the entrance to half of the secret room. The shopkeeper stopped outside the door with interest, and when the bishop entered the secret room, the door turned back on its own.

Bishop Herod walked straight in, and with a gesture of his hand, the lights on both sides of the passage lit up, and he walked briskly inside, and at the end of the passage was an old wooden door. The Bishop held out his index finger, and a white point of light flew out of his fingertips, and then a cloud of magic rippled across the wooden door that was touched by the white point of light, and then merged around the door frame, and circled along the door frame before the door opened.

It was sunny outside, but there was no light in the room, only a few magic gas lamps in the corners of the house provided a dim light.

In the center of the secret room is a round coffee table of pear blossom wood, surrounded by four old coarse cloth sofas. On a sofa with his back to the door, an elderly man sat unresponsive when he heard the door of the secret room open, and he was not in a hurry to get up.

"Come on, sit down," the man sitting on the sofa said lightly, without turning his head.

Bishop Herod did not answer him, but first took off his gray cotton robe and hung it on a hanger in the corner. After walking through the street and being sunburned all the way, he was also sweating a little, and he was in a hurry to take off his coat as soon as he entered the house.

The bishop took a breath, sat down on the couch next to the man, turned his head sideways and asked, "How's the preparation going, my Lord Chancellor?"

It turned out that the elderly man in the secret room was actually the chancellor of the empire, Fowler.

Who would have thought that the two people sitting on the sofa, as the mainstays of the two factions of Ressa and Yuankang respectively, should be sworn enemies in the political arena, and they would secretly communicate with each other.

"It's almost ready," Fowler glanced at a small vial of gray potions on the table.

"What is this?" said Herod, picking up the potion, frowning at the dim light.

"Be careful, don't spill it, this is the juice of the red dragon's liver. Fowler reminded, a hint of smugness at the corners of his mouth.

"Li Chi Dragon, Li Chi Dragon of Fusha Valley?" Herod looked at Forler suspiciously, "I heard that the Tingxiao Empire has banned Fusha Valley in the past few years, how can you still get this kind of thing?"

"You've probably heard of the organization, right?" Fowler turned his head to look at Herod, "They got it, it's a little more expensive, but it doesn't matter... ”

"That killer organization still has this kind of service? I thought they were only responsible for killing... Naturally, Herod had heard a little about this organization.

"Whatever makes money, they'll take it," Fowler smiled, "of course, as long as they can do it." ”

"And how much did it cost Looney to get such a little dragon liver juice?" asked Herod, raising his eyes.

"Such a small bottle, five thousand Lunney. Fowler said without blinking.

"Hiss" Herod gasped, "This... The ability to kill people is not clear, but the ability to kill people is first-class. ”

"It works, I don't care about money anyway," Fowler said with a wry smile.

Herod nodded, squinting at Forle, "This juice that drains the red dragon's liver is exquisite, colorless, tasteless, and difficult to detect... ”

"Yes, the liver juice of ordinary dragons has a discernible smell, but this is the only one, and I can't find it at all. Using this to refine medicine, the potion is also colorless and tasteless, and it is impossible to detect it at all. Fowler looked at the bottle of liquid that Herod was holding between his fingers, and couldn't help but smile.

"But Master Pilow is back, so he won't be able to see anything, right?" said Herod, putting down the vial in his hand, and looked at Fowler suspiciously.

"I didn't expect him to come back. Fowler said that he was also surprised, and then said, "But what if they can't catch the real evidence? As for the Luo Dai organization, I have already thought about the next move. ”

Herod frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded.

"I hope that my efforts will make the Lord come as soon as possible, and mortals like me can only use such means to pave the way for the gods of the heavenly realm... Fowler sighed and smiled wryly.

"Be of good cheer, the Lord's miracles have been shown many times, and this is what I have seen with my own eyes in the mountains of Traladia" Herod patted Fowler on the shoulder with a steady gaze, "The day of the Lord's birth is the day of our redemption." ”

"May Allah be forgiving. Fowler prayed with his fingers tucked together, arched his palms, and bowed his head.

"May Allah be forgiving. "Herod also had ten fingers butted together, and his palms were arched.